Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Thursday 7 March, of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

Notes:* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.[R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

THURSDAY 7th MARCH

1

Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, how much the Central Office of Information spent on radio advertising on behalf of other Government department agencies and NDPBs in the last year; what percentage of this was spent on black minority media advertising; and what the five main campaigns that the Central Office of Information financed that involved radio advertising were.

(41341)

2

Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, what organisation or company provided the certification for the doors and windows for the refurbishment of the Ripley and Kirkland buildings to show that they were produced from sustainably managed sources; and if he will place a copy of these certificates in the Library.

(41345)

3

Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, who provided, or is providing, the (a) windows and (b) doors for the refurbishment of the Ripley and Kirkland buildings.

(41346)

4

Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to review NESTA funding programmes.

(41338)

5

Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the NESTA-funded projects in the last two years; and what assessment she has made of NESTA projects.

(41339)

6 N

Mr Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the proposed transfer of the North West Arts Board's staff, assets and liabilities to the Arts Council of England.

(40405)

7

David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to increase Government support for United Kingdom World Heritage sites.

(41429)

8

Mrs Annette L. Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people were sentenced to a period of imprisonment by court martial in the last year; and for what offences.

(41362)

9

Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what factors will be considered in the decision about which company will supply the A400M engine for the European project; and if he will make a statement.

(41602)

10 N

Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on his plans for British troop deployments in Sierra Leone after the elections in that country.

(40855)

11

Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy that The Queen's Golden Jubilee medal should be awarded to serving members of the Ministry of Defence Fire Service.

(41456)

12 N

Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by how much his Department underspent its expenditure limits in the financial year 2000-01.

(40829)

13

Mark Tami (Alyn & Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the French Government regarding the impact on war graves of the revised proposals to build an international airport on the Somme.

(41457)

14

Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who provided or is providing the (a) windows and (b) doors for the refurbishment of the MoD building.

(41352)

15

Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what organisation or company provided the certification for the doors and windows for the refurbishment of the Ministry of Defence building to show that they were produced from sustainably managed sources; and if he will place a copy of these certificates in the Library.

(41351)

16

Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans there are to (a) increase the number of training areas and (b) sell training areas.

(41315)

17

Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military training areas there are in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales, (c) England and (d) Northern Ireland.

(41314)

18

Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on military training areas in the UK, with particular reference to (a) their uses and (b) their value for large training operations.

(41316)

19

David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many missions the Royal Air Force has undertaken over Iraqi airspace in the last 12 months.

(41423)

20

David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on proposals to review defence logistics following the action in Afghanistan.

(41422)

21

Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she intends to answer the question of 13th February from the honourable Member for Buckingham regarding staff involvement in union duties.

(41576)

22 N

Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether the reward card for young people involves an element of (a) product endorsement and (b) commercial risk to her Department; and if she will make a statement on progress in distributing it.

(40891)

23 N

Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will issue guidance as to the circumstances in which staff other than qualified teachers or those seeking qualified teacher status should be placed in sole charge of school classes.

(41202)

24 N

Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what arrangements she proposes to facilitate more advanced studies for pupils who have taken GCSE early in a school without a sixth form.

(41203)

25 N

Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the implications for social inclusion of the introduction of a matriculation diploma.

(41204)

26 N

Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what additional resources she proposes to assist schools to reduce teacher workload in the next school year.

(41206)

27 N

Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what funds she proposes to make available for the introduction of vocational GCSEs; and if specific provision will be made for the cost of training teachers in the new subject areas.

(41205)

28

Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the impact that meeting matchfunding requirements for JIF and SRIF schemes has had on the financial health of relevant higher education institutions.

(41748)

29 N

Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what information obtained by the swipecards of children registered with Connexions may be passed to other businesses and agencies (a) with and (b) without the agreement of the data subject.

(40895)

30 N

Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on research being undertaken by the Environment Agency concerning the health effects of bioaerosols arising from the incineration and composting of waste.

(41218)

31 N

Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many inquiries are being undertaken by her Department into suspected cases of fraud in relation to the handling of the foot and mouth epidemic; and if she will make a statement.

(41217)

32 N

Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact on hauliers of new biosecurity requirements at livestock markets.

(41216)

33 N

Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what reports she has received from police officers on police involvement in the culling of animals during the foot and mouth epidemic.

(41219)

34

Mrs Annette L. Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will provide further financial assistance for local authorities for the storage of fridges for the period January to March.

(41361)

35

Mrs Annette L. Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will announce the financial assistance to be given to local authorities for the storage of refrigerators from April 2002; and if she will make a statement.

(41360)

36

Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the timescale will be for implementing the recommendations of the Farming and Food Report.

(41353)

37 N

Mr David Curry (Skipton & Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many hazardous waste landfill sites will be available when co-disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous waste is banned; what volume of hazardous waste will have to be disposed of in specialist sites; and if she will make a statement.

(40861)

38

Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what was the cost incurred in Wales by the use of vets in relation to the recent foot and mouth outbreak.

(41313)

39 N

Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason she has not provided an answer to the question tabled by the honourable Member for Harborough on 28th November 2001, on public speeches on agriculture, ref 20000.

(41092)

40

Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a statement on the mechanisms used to publicise the Make Your Views Known consultation which will be fed into the foot and mouth inquiry.

(41333)

41 N

Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason the scheme that provided a free collection service for farmers of plastic sheeting was stopped; and what the cost of the scheme was in its last 12 months.

(39563)

42

Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to press for a better deal from the EU Commission for the United Kingdom over the Rural Development Fund.

(41357)

43

Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the verbatim oral evidence of witnesses to the Anderson Inquiry will be made public.

(41358)

44

Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she and her ministers will give evidence to the European Parliament's Committee of Inquiry on Foot and Mouth.

(41359)

45

Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations she has received regarding farmed fish; and if she will make a statement.

(41693)

46

Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to seek to reform the law in respect of farmed fish; and if she will make a statement.

(41692)

47

Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many animals have been slaughtered as a precautionary measure against foot and mouth in the last three months, broken down by (a) species, (b) location and (c) date.

(41685)

48

Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list those studies she has undertaken to investigate the impact on agricultural ancillary industries when a case of suspected foot and mouth is under investigation by her Department; what assessment she has made of the effect on ancillary industries of the nature of media reporting of suspected cases of foot and mouth disease; and if she will make a statement.

(41687)

49

Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on her Department's decision to issue a press release 75/02 on 26th February on the suspected case of foot and mouth at a farm near Hawnby, North Yorkshire; what information was issued by her Department to the local authorities controlling the situation at the local level concerning the Department's intentions; and if she will make a statement.

(41686)

50

David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proposals the Environment Agency has to alleviate flooding in the Ironbridge Gorge.

(41428)

51

Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) early retirements and (b) days of sickness absence there were; and what the staff turnover was in HM Customs and Excise and the Inland Revenue in each of the last five years.

(41594)

52

Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for which benefits he proposes the proposed pension credit and the general employment credit to be a passport.

(41595)

53

Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in Customs and Excise were subject to performance appraisal in 2000-01.

(41596)

54 N

Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the expenditure of the excess surplus in the National Insurance Fund for each of the past four years.

(41278)

55

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether, in the case of a small, self-administered pension scheme with one member who is also the managing trustee, the existence of a pensioner trustee takes the situation outside the exemption granted by section 36 of the Data Protection Act 1998.

(41673)

56

Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which of his Ministers has the lead responsibility for policy on housing equity release.

(41305)

57 N

Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what studies he has commissioned into the experience of other countries in using tax stamps to deter and prevent spirits frauds.

(40860)

58

Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the British Federation of Landlords and Private Tenants associations on bringing small landlords within the same tax regime as other small businesses.

(41668)

59

Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the net cost to the Treasury of bringing small landlords within the same tax regime as other small businesses.

(41669)

60 N

Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the accuracy and consistency of information provided by the Contributions Agency; and if he will make a statement.

(41279)

61 N

Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the time taken by the Contributions Agency to provide information; and if he will make a statement.

(41281)

62 N

Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the availability of staff at the Contributions Agency to people calling by telephone; and if he will make a statement.

(41280)

63 N

Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money has been spent by the Treasury on the promotion of the euro in the past year.

(40800)

64 N

Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the tax burden was in real terms at the end of financial years (a) 1996-97 and (b) 2000-01.

(40833)

65 N

Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide a breakdown of the total running costs of central Government and its agencies for each year since May 1977 to the latest date for which information is available.

(40832)

66

Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 27th February, Official Report, column 1326W, on public service agreements, what the name of each team mentioned is; how many people are in each team; and if he will make a statement.

(41397)

67

Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 1st March, ref. 38310, on public services productivity, which outside organisations have been consulted on the paper; and if he will make a statement.

(41398)

68

Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 27th February, Official Report, column 1326W, on public service agreements, if he will place the record of the performance of each government department held by his Department for each public service agreement target in the Library for each year for which outturn data are available; and if he will make a statement.

(41395)

69

Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are employed by his Department in each of the units listed on pages 10 and 11 of HM Treasury's 2001 Departmental Report; and if he will make a statement.

(41311)

70

Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the distribution of benefits for the personal allowance by income deciles in (a) pounds per annum and (b) percentage terms; and if he will make a statement.

(41310)

71

Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what organisation provided the certification for the doors and windows for the refurbishment of the Treasury building to show that they were produced from sustainably managed sources; and if he will place a copy of these certificates in the Library.

(41350)

72

Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, who provided, or is providing, the (a) windows and (b) doors for the refurbishment of the Treasury building.

(41349)

73

David Wright (Telford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the value of euro-based transactions in the United Kingdom since the introduction of the currency.

(41421)

74

Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the British Government has made to the Government of Lebanon to ascertain the fate of three Israeli soldiers taken prisoner by Hezbollah on 7th October 2000, and to encourage the Lebanese Government to work for their release.

(41400)

75

Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he intends to answer the question of 13th February from the honourable Member for Buckingham regarding staff involvement in union duties.

(41579)

76 N

Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will investigate the circumstances in which Israeli troops have delayed the return to Ramallah of Palestinian teachers from the Friends school who were on the visit to Birmingham between 22nd February and 2nd March organised by the British Council; and if he will make a statement.

(41207)

77

Denzil Davies (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether it is intended that votes taken at the proceedings of the European Commission should be recorded.

(41646)

78

Denzil Davies (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library a verbatim report of the proceedings of the European Commission.

(41645)

79 N

Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many applications have been received to enter and reside in the UK on the basis of (a) being married to a UK citizen and (b) intending to marry a UK citizen; and if he will list by the country of applicants the number of (i) successful and (ii) unsuccessful applications in each category in each of the last three years.

(40640)

80 N

Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether a British ambassador or high commissioner has, since the beginning of this Parliament, submitted a draft letter for the Prime Minister in support of the commercial activities of a British company other than that submitted by the British Ambassador to Romania in connection with the acquisition of Sidex by Mr Lakshmi Mittal's company.

(39715)

81 N

Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, who initiated, and on what date, the draft letter for the Prime Minister submitted by the British Ambassador to Romania in support of the acquisition of Sidex by Mr Lakshmi Mittal's company.

(39716)

82 N

Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what instructions and guidance his Department has given to British ambassadors and high commissioners overseas as to the circumstances in which they should seek a letter from the Prime Minister in support of the commercial activities of a British company; and if he will place a copy of such instructions and guidance in the Library.

(39721)

83 N

Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the mesotherapy treatments which are available from the NHS; and if he will make a statement.

(41213)

84

Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he intends to answer the question of 13th February from the honourable Member for Buckingham regarding staff involvement in union duties.

(41577)

85 N

Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the funding of research into food safety.

(38008)

86 N

Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what response he has sent to the recent submission by the Improving Lives Coalition on priorities in health and social care for blind and partially sighted people.

(40893)

87

Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much is being spent by the Government into research on autism.

(41462)

88 N

Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what actions have been taken by the Weston Area NHS Trust to recruit nursing staff from the Philippines; what the total cost of such recruitment has been; and whether additional resources have been made available to meet these costs.

(40494)

89 N

Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients at Weston General Hospital have been treated by the private sector over the past five years; what the nature of the treatment was; and what the total cost of these treatments was.

(40490)

90 N

Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list for (a) England and (b) the Avon Health Authority the expenditure on health per head of the population, expressed in real terms, for each year since 1999.

(40491)

91 N

Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding has been made available to each local health authority to increase capacity for the treatment of patients.

(40492)

92 N

Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) nursing staff are employed and (b) nursing vacancies there are for (i) the Avon Health Authority and (ii) the Weston Area NHS Trust.

(40493)

93

Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the additional money for research into autism will be spent.

(41463)

94

Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research the Department is conducting into autism which has an impact on policies on (a) respite care from the social services and (b) specialist speech therapy.

(41464)

95

David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what provision will be made to Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust for the replacement of analogue hearing aids with digital ones.

(41308)

96

David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children are registered with an NHS dentist in the East Riding of Yorkshire; and what the figures are for each year since 1997.

(41309)

97

Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many applications the National Care Standards Commission has received from care providers wishing to register as a care home, under the Care Standards Act 2000, which are not existing residential care homes or existing nursing care homes; and if he will make a statement.

(41606)

98

Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many applications the National Care Standards Commission has received from (a) existing nursing homes, (b) existing residential homes and (c) bed and breakfast accommodation under pilot schemes wishing to register as a care home under the Care Standards Act 2000.

(41605)

99 N

Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement about his policy in relation to the recruitment and retention of people with diabetes in the Ambulance Service.

(40639)

100

Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost is of the assessment of the drug Glivec for chronic myeloid leukaemia; and if he will make a statement.

(41598)

101

Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many over 60 year olds suffering from chronic myeloid leukaemia have received bone marrow transplants in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.

(41600)

102

Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent on treating chronic myeloid leukaemia with a combination of cytosine therapy and interphon alpha by health authority year by year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

(41603)

103

Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are receiving domiciliary care; and if he will make a statement.

(41601)

104

Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish the guidance on the decision to admit someone to a care home; and if he will make a statement.

(41604)

105

Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many drugs are being assessed by the NICE; what the timescale is for publishing these assessments; and if he will make a statement.

(41599)

106

Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS spent on RSV immunisations (synergis) in the last three years for which figures are available.

(41476)

107

Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of RSV requiring hospital admission there have been in the last three years for which figures are available, broken down by age.

(41477)

108

Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many paediatric intensive care beds have been (a) funded, (b) established and (c) staffed by quarter in the last five years for which figures are available.

(41478)

109

Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many transfers of ventilated children between intensive care units took place in each quarter of the last five years for which figures are available.

(41479)

110

Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in which section of the Government's proposed National Service Framework the issue of RSV immunisation falls.

(41480)

111

Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the (a) effectiveness, (b) cost-effectiveness and (c) affordability of a programme of RSV immunisation for (i) all premature infants before their first or second winter and (ii) infants with a history of, or with, a lung or heart condition.

(41473)

112

Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost in the last 12 months of treating infants suffering from RSV infection in terms of (a) hospital stays and (b) intensive care unit stays.

(41474)

113

Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he provides to hospitals and health authorities on (a) whether to immunise at risk infants against RSV and (b) which infants would benefit from RSV immunisations.

(41475)

114

Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether a permanent NHS employee will be entitled to overtime, if additional hours are worked for NHS Professionals over and above a normal full-time working week.

(41719)

115

Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many whole time equivalent NHS (a) consultant child and adolescent psychiatrists, (b) clinical psychologists working with children and (c) psychotherapists worked with children in each year since 1997.

(41717)

116

Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how an NHS employee will become entitled to extra (a) maternity and (b) sickness pay in return for working additional hours for NHS Professionals; and what is the nature of the extra entitlement.

(41724)

117

Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the hospital budget was spent on mental health services in each year since 1997.

(41709)

118

Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether a permanent NHS employee will be entitled to be paid at their substantive grade and substantive scale point, when working additional hours for NHS Professionals.

(41720)

119

Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the additional costs involved in providing temporary staff with enhanced contractual terms through NHS Professionals.

(41721)

120

Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how an NHS employee will accrue additional pension entitlement in return for working additional hours for NHS Professionals; and what is the nature of the enhancement.

(41722)

121

Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the (a) estimated and (b) actual value of NHS property sales in each of the last five years.

(41705)

122

Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many consultant vacancies there were by specialty in (a) 1997 and (b) 2001.

(41716)

123

Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the bad debts and monies written off by each health authority in each year since 1997.

(41711)

124

Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many press officers there were in each health authority in each year since 1997.

(41712)

125

Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his estimate is of the expenditure on external consultants for each year since 1997, in 2001 prices, for his Department and its agencies; and what the quantified annual cost savings are which such expenditure has resulted in.

(41701)

126

Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he intends to exempt existing agency nurses from the requirement to obtain a GP health report.

(41714)

127

Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his estimate is of the outstanding liabilities of the NHS in respect of medical negligence claims.

(41703)

128

Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the risk of abuse of elderly people with mental health problems in different care environments.

(41710)

129

Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether NHS Professionals nurses will be entitled to full Whitley Council terms and conditions as for permanent staff; and if he will make a statement.

(41718)

130

Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on mental health in each health authority as a percentage of total expenditure in each year since 1997.

(41707)

131

Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients with learning disabilities have been detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 in each year since 1997.

(41708)

132

Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what transitional arrangements he intends to introduce to enable criminal records checks to be made in respect of agency nurses in the first year of operation of Criminal Records Bureau disclosures.

(41713)

133

Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that the costs of (a) timesheet processing and (b) payroll functions of NHS Professionals are identified and reported.

(41728)

134

Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the usefulness of the quality adjusted life year as a measure; and if he will make a statement on how it is used by the NHS and his Department.

(41715)

135

Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS properties are (a) for sale and (b) scheduled to be sold; and what their estimated sale value is on the open market.

(41704)

136

Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that accurate comparisons can be made of the costs of NHS Professionals and commercial nurses' agencies.

(41727)

137

Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the community health budget has been spent on mental health nursing services in each year since 1994-95.

(41706)

138

Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which health authorities have put out to tender the (a) arrangement and (b) provision of mental health services.

(41699)

139

Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many whole-time equivalent (a) health visitors, (b) school nurses, (c) district nurses and (d) community psychiatric nurses were in training in each region in September of each year since 1997 broken down by (i) gender and (ii) ethnic origin.

(41700)

140

Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how an NHS employee will become entitled to additional holiday pay in return for additional hours worked for NHS Professionals; and what the nature is of the addition.

(41723)

141

Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS properties are empty.

(41702)

142

Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether NHS trusts will be permitted to contract with commercial nurses' agencies to administer temporary staffing services to the specification laid out for NHS Professionals.

(41725)

143

Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on commercial nurses' agencies (a) providing both nursing and domiciliary services to customers, (b) maintaining combined records in respect of both services and (c) both services being managed in one business; and if he will make a statement.

(41726)

144

Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) published on the relationship between maternity and paediatric care.

(41405)

145

Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice he has received from (a) the Royal College of Obstetricians and (b) the Royal College of Paediatricians on the annual numbers of patients per clinician which they consider to be necessary in order to ensure the safety and efficiency of treatment.

(41406)

146

Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is towards acceptable travel distances between (a) maternity hospital services, (b) paediatric hospital services and (c) general hospital services.

(41404)

147

Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received concerning the proposals to re-locate the maternity services located at Aintree University Hospital to the Liverpool Women's Hospital; and if he will list them.

(41407)

148

Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on providing specialist maternity and obstetric services in stand-alone dedicated women's hospitals.

(41408)

149

Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what factors are taken into account when planning the future location and size of (a) hospital maternity services and (b) hospital paediatric services.

(41402)

150

Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's policy is on the benefits of locating maternity services within general hospitals.

(41403)

151

Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his estimate is of the number of beds freed within the NHS by the transfer of patients to hospice care in the last 12 months.

(41731)

152

Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the money at present allocated for the treatment of terminal cancer patient care will be directed to hospices; and if he will make a statement.

(41732)

153 N

Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans the Government has to develop local cottage hospitals.

(40857)

154 N

Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the waiting times are for inpatients needing cancer care at Kent and Canterbury Hospital.

(40865)

155 N

Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the cost of transferring inpatient cancer treatment from Kent and Canterbury Hospital to Maidstone Hospital.

(40859)

156 N

Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the waiting times are for inpatient treatment for cancer at the Maidstone Hospital.

(40858)

157 N

Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans the Government has to increase the proportion of day surgery patients being treated in (a) cottage hospitals and (b) GP surgeries.

(40856)

158 N

Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with companies about the training of pharmacists; and if he will make a statement.

(41222)

159 N

Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase the numbers of people training as pharmacists; and if he will make a statement.

(41221)

160

Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the waiting time for joint replacements at (a) the Southampton University Hospital NHS Trust, (b) the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Trust and (c) the Poole Hospital NHS Trust.

(41690)

161

Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the waiting time for occupational therapy for arthritis sufferers at (a) the Southampton University Hospital NHS Trust, (b) the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Trust and (c) the Poole Hospital NHS Trust.

(41691)

162

Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the waiting time is from referral to first appointment with a consultant rheumatologist at (a) the Southampton University Hospital NHS Trust, (b) the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Trust and (c) the Poole Hospital NHS Trust.

(41644)

163 N

Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people responded to the consultation on National Care Standards; how many welcomed the introduction of new standards; and how many did so subject to the provision of adequate resources.

(41273)

164 N

Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what flexibility he has introduced into the National Care Standards to meet the needs of care homes with small rooms and their residents and those which support drug and alcohol dependency.

(41271)

165 N

Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the basis is for the assessed capital cost of changes in the physical environment for younger adults contained in Annex A of the National Care Standards Full Regulatory Impact Assessment.

(40889)

166 N

Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the National Care Standards take account of the desire of married couples to share rooms.

(41212)

167 N

Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many residential and nursing care provisions he estimates meet the National Care Standards; how many have programmes to upgrade their homes to meet the standards; and what proportion each represents of all care homes.

(41241)

168 N

Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on the accuracy of the estimate by the Regulatory Impact Assessment of the cost of implementing National Care Standards.

(40886)

169 N

Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of the care homes in England are small businesses.

(41270)

170 N

Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, to what extent the cost to local authorities of purchasing places at care homes complying with the National Care Standards is met by the local government financial settlement for 2002-03.

(41209)

171 N

Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has (a) made and (b) received of the cost of upgrading establishments to meet his National Care Standards; and if he will make a statement.

(40888)

172 N

Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which representative organisations constituted the reference group referred to in paragraph 12.1 of the National Care Standards full Regulatory Impact Assessment.

(41210)

173 N

Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what basis he concluded that the estimated cost of changes to the environment for a home providing places for 28 residents to comply with the National Care Standards would be significantly lower than that estimated by the Full Regulatory Impact Assessment.

(41208)

174 N

Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of the National Care Standards Full Regulatory Impact Assessment's Annex A paragraph 7 relating to the cost of upgrading a 24-bed unit; and if he will make a statement.

(40887)

175 N

Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason his Regulatory Impact Assessment for National Care Standards does not cite as a benefit of option 1 the saving of money which under option 2 would have to be spent on alterations of homes to meet new standards.

(41272)

176 N

Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason the National Care Standards Full Regulatory Impact Assessment placed in the Library between 23rd and 31st January did not contain figures in line with a commitment made by his officials to the Leonard Cheshire Foundation on 3rd August 2001; if he will publish a corrected version; and how the Regulatory Impact Assessment would need to be amended in the light of this correction.

(41269)

177 N

Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to monitor the responses to the National Care Standards and to amend the regulations.

(41211)

178

Brian White (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what national guidelines exist to govern the procedures and follow up intervals for patients treated for primary cancer of the bladder.

(41466)

179

Brian White (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research he has conducted into the guidelines followed by other EU countries on the treatment of primary cancer of the bladder.

(41465)

180 N

Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether ambulance trusts can be reimbursed by charity for the cost of staff who serve on helicopter ambulances.

(40894)

181

Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action the Government has taken to inform people of ways to avoid contracting diabetes.

(41326)

182

Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assistance is provided to carers of severe epileptic sufferers.

(41319)

183

Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assistance is provided to diabetics who are affected by (a) sudden and (b) gradual loss of vision.

(41324)

184

Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what provision is made for the (a) early screening and (b) management of diabetes.

(41325)

185

Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people he estimates suffer from epilepsy in the UK.

(41320)

186

Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many medical practitioners in the NHS are specialised in diabetic detection and treatment.

(41323)

187

Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the Government has done since 1997 (a) to raise awareness of epilepsy and (b) to reduce triggers of epilepsy in the environment.

(41321)

188

Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many medical practitioners in the NHS are specialised in epilepsy detection and treatment.

(41318)

189

Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money the Department has spent on research into epilepsy since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

(41317)

190

Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money the Department spent on research into diabetes since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

(41322)

191

David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time is for patients at the Accident and Emergency units at (a) Princess Royal Telford and (b) Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.

(41420)

192 N

Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, where and when police marksmen were involved in culling animals during the foot and mouth outbreak.

(41214)

193 N

Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what reports have been compiled by police forces on police involvement in measures to tackle foot and mouth disease.

(41215)

194

Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to answer the question of 13th February from the honourable Member for Buckingham regarding staff involvement in union duties.

(41578)

195

Mrs Annette L. Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will introduce guidance to authorities which successfully apply for ASBOs for individuals, on other rehabilitative measures which should be implemented at the same time.

(41365)

196

Mrs Annette L. Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are serving prison sentences imposed by courts martial; and which prisons they are held in.

(41363)

197

Mrs Annette L. Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crime and disorder partnerships there are in England.

(41364)

198

Mrs Annette L. Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crime and disorder partnerships have a named anti-social behaviour co-ordinators.

(41383)

199

Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list (a) the Cambridgeshire Police Authority spend on the police and (b) the Government grant to the Cambridgeshire Police Authority in the years 1990-91 to 2001-02 and projected for the financial year 2002-03, adjusted for inflation at current values.

(41749)

200

Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to address the shortage of probation officers in (a) Norfolk and (b) England and Wales.

(41334)

201

Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many approved police candidates are awaiting their training start date; and if he will make a statement.

(41597)

202

Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the need for new police powers to deal with the problems of crime and disorder associated with night clubs and other licensed premises.

(41409)

203

Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proposals he has on (a) licensing and (b) policing for night clubs and other licensed premises which are identified as generating problems of crime and disorder.

(41410)

204

Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is towards enabling police services to charge night clubs and bar proprietors for additional policing costs associated with their premises.

(41401)

205 N

Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if Her Majesty's Government is investigating (a) privacy-enhancing technologies and (b) secret-key certificates in its work on developing entitlement cards.

(40864)

206 N

Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what work on development of an entitlement card, other than for asylum seekers, is being conducted in his Department; and what measures have been adopted to co-ordinate this work with the Department of Social Security.

(40863)

207

Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received on the impact on police forces of the payment of pensions to retired officers out of operational budgets; and what plans he has to change the present arrangements.

(41688)

208

Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of each local authority's police budget (a) was accounted for by police pensions in 1997 and (b) will be accounted for by police pensions in (i) 2002 and (ii) 2008.

(41689)

209 N

Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by how much his Department underspent its expenditure limits in the financial year 2000-01.

(40831)

210

Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which fees his Department, its agencies and associated public bodies collect; how much has been raised or is anticipated will be raised from each of these fees from 1998-99 to 2004-05; which of these fees count as negative expenditure; and if he will make a statement.

(41312)

211

Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions there have been under the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1985 and 2001 for supplying anabolic steroids in each of the last 10 years.

(41355)

212 N

Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the immigration status of a person who is given permanent leave to remain in the UK because they are marrying a British citizen who divorces that person a number of years later; and if such a person then has a right to a claim on public funds.

(41277)

213 N

Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will respond to the letter of the honourable Member for Leominster dated 17th December 2001, on behalf of Mrs T A Smith, a constituent, concerning a transfer to the West Mercia Constabulary.

(41197)

214 N

Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the police force is not permitted to recruit diabetics; and what guidance has been issued on the transfer of a diagnosed diabetic from one constabulary to another.

(41093)

215 N

Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on international educational developments since the Dakar Conference, with particular reference to the completion of national educational development programmes and progress towards universal primary education.

(40892)

216

Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the UK's overseas aid budget is given to addressing global HIV.

(41751)

217

Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of GDP is given to the Global Fund for Aids/TB/malaria by (a) the UK and (b) other member states of the EU.

(41783)

218

Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, who provided, or is providing, the (a) windows and (b) doors for the refurbishment of the International Development building on 1 Palace Street.

(41348)

219

Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what organisation provided the certification for the doors and windows for the refurbishment of the International Development Building on 1 Palace Street to show that they were produced from sustainably managed sources; and if she will place a copy of these certificates in the Library.

(41347)

220 N

Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what funding the Government provides each year to the Citizen's Advice Bureaux; and if he will make a statement.

(41220)

221

Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures are being undertaken against those paramilitary organisations that do not adhere to a ceasefire or the Good Friday Agreement.

(41590)

222

Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many weapons have been handed over to the authorities by (a) the IRA and (b) other paramilitaries since the Belfast Agreement.

(41592)

223

Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of police officers in the PSNI are from the Catholic community.

(41591)

224

Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have been killed by paramilitary organisations since the Good Friday Agreement.

(41589)

225

Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures the Government has taken in Northern Ireland to assist in the integration of the Catholic and Protestant communities.

(41588)

226

Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Prime Minister, what representations he has received for the award of The Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal from those who are to be excluded; and if he will make a statement.

(41455)

227 N

Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Prime Minister, what evidence he has collated of civil servants in the Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions undermining the credibility of Jo Moore.

(41275)

228 N

Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Prime Minister, when his officials were informed that exchanges involving the Chief Press Officer of the Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions, about announcements on Friday 15th February, were not as suggested at his spokeman's lobby briefing the previous morning; when he informed the President of the Council of this; and who was responsible for the inaccuracy.

(41276)

229 N

Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with President Bush about the possible imposition of tariffs on steel imports by the United States; and if he will make a statement.

(41091)

230

Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, pursuant to his Answer of 13th February, Official Report, column 402W, who holds copies of the Report.

(41747)

231

Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when she intends to answer the question of 13th February from the honourable Member for Buckingham regarding staff involvement in union duties.

(41575)

232

Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what consultations she has had with Scottish Executive ministers and European Union officials on a public inquiry into the foot and mouth outbreaks in Scotland.

(41416)

233

Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans she has to amend the Scotland Act 1998.

(41418)

234

Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when she last discussed the future of the Scotland Act 1998 with the Scottish Executive.

(41417)

235

Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent representations she has received on vehicle speed limits on the A76 trunk road for (a) passenger cars and (b) heavy goods vehicles.

(41414)

236

Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when she plans to meet Scottish Financial Enterprise; and how many times she has met them since becoming Secretary of State.

(41607)

237

Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if she will make a statement on Government policy on the future for nuclear power stations in Scotland.

(41593)

238

Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if she will make a statement on the recovery of Scotland's rural economy from last year's outbreak of foot and mouth disease.

(41471)

239

Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what consultations she has had with representatives of the Scottish Executive regarding a public inquiry into the foot and mouth outbreaks in Scotland.

(41470)

240 N

Mr A.J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make arrangements under the End of Life Vehicles Directive to enable owners of classic cars who dismantle them in order to re-use their parts in other vehicles to obtain a certificate of destruction and have the vehicle removed from the register.

(39717)

241 N

Mr A.J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the proportion of UK vehicle dismantlers who are likely to obtain registration as approved treatment centres under the End of Life Vehicles Directive.

(39718)

242 N

Mr A.J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the likely costs to vehicle-owners of dismantling of vehicles under the End of Life Vehicles Directive.

(39719)

243 N

Mr A.J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the impact on low income car owners of the costs of disposal under the End of Life Vehicles Directive.

(39720)

244

Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much has been spent advertising Business Link services in the past five years; what the nature of this advertising has been; and what the assessed outcome of each campaign has been.

(41461)

245

Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress has been made in finding a replacement for the Chief Executive of the Small Business Service.

(41460)

246

Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many staff have been employed by Business Links in each region in each of the past five years.

(41459)

247

Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which advertising agency was consulted with regard to the Business Links advertising campaign in October 2001; what the remuneration of the company was; and what the assessed outcome of the campaign has been.

(41458)

248

Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent representations have been made to the European Commission in respect of dumping of polyurethane film products.

(41419)

249

Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many bids under the enterprise grant scheme have been made by businesses within the former South Yorkshire coalfield area since 1999; and what the value and the details of the grants awarded are.

(41481)

250

Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye & Inverness West): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to upgrade the capacity of the National Grid to enable further development of renewable energy in the Scottish Highlands; and if he will make a statement.

(41587)

251 N

Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on her Department's plans to encourage the use of renewable energy.

(37993)

252

Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what proportion of reports prepared by Healthcall in 2001 on former mineworkers' compensation claims for respiratory disease were (a) returned by the claim handlers and (b) returned by solicitors representing claimants, identifying errors.

(41752)

253

Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans the Government has to commission data on the gender pay gap at regional and national levels.

(41468)

254

Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 1st February, Official Report, column 615W, on miners' compensation, what policy has been agreed for handling industrial injury compensation claims on behalf of the families of former mineworkers who died before 1983.

(41754)

255

Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 1st February, Official Report, column 615W, on miners' compensation, what progress has been made on deciding how to progress former mineworkers' claims for compensation for respiratory disease from those in (a) safety, (b) salvage, (c) mine rescue, (d) undermanagers and (e) Group 3 employment.

(41755)

256

Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how the average gap between men and women's pay at regional and national levels is calculated.

(41467)

257

Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 1st February, Official Report, column 615W, on miners' compensation, what policy has been agreed for handling claims for compensation for respiratory disease by or on behalf of the families of former mineworkers who have received payments for pneumoconiosis previously.

(41753)

258

Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she will publish the conclusion of the Measures of Draught Beer and Cider: Consultation Paper on proposed legislative changes under the Weights and Measures Act 1985.

(41336)

259

Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many representations she has received in the last 12 months from individuals concerning short beer and cider measures.

(41337)

260 N

Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she expects to publish the Competition Commission report into small business banking.

(41094)

261

Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many wind farms there are in the UK; and how many are (a) offshore and (b) on land.

(41327)

262

Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what space satellites that the UK is involved in operating and funding are used for (a) weather, (b) astronomy, (c) spying and (d) other purposes.

(41330)

263

Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, who (a) owns and (b) runs the wind farms in the UK; and how much has been paid by the Government to develop wind power in each of the last three years.

(41328)

264

Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many space satellites the UK (a) owns and (b) jointly runs and funds; and with whom the joint agreements are.

(41329)

265

Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to review Health and Safety Executive regulations on (a) blue, (b), brown and (c) white asbestos.

(41356)

266

David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to amend the criteria for the calculation of SSA funding arrangements for the Humberside Fire Authority.

(41306)

267

David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to introduce precepting in place of the levying arrangements for combined fire authorities.

(41307)

268

Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the bidders for rail franchises in the South West and Wessex areas.

(41472)

269

Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what procedures are used to consult other jurisdictions prior to the release of (a) marine and (b) air accident inquiry reports.

(41415)

270

Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what percentage of deep sub-surface line mileage on Britain's roads is subject to speed restrictions; and by how much this has changed in the last five years.

(41608)

271

Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 25th February, Official Report, column 813W, on research documents, what criteria the Department uses when defining a research programme; who within a programme is responsible for selecting the best method of publication; if he will list the types of publication available to programmes; and for whose needs availability on demand of programme details can be tailored.

(41389)

272

Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 25th February, Official Report, column 813W, on research documents, in which locations a record of research is held; on what date work started on improved database facility; what form it will take when completed; and on what date the improved database facility will be completed.

(41390)

273

Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 25th February, Official Report, column 784W, on Railtrack, what action was taken by his Department in response to the examples of key areas of failure highlighted by the report of the Environment, Transport, and Regional Affairs Committee, 'Rail Investment: Renewal, Maintenance and Development of the National Rail Network'; and for what reason Railtrack was not placed into railway administration until October 2001.

(41331)

274

Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 25th February, Official Report, column 814W, on driver training, how many of those new drivers that have been recruited, but are not being trained, are (a) working in the industry and (b) due to begin training; and how many drivers have subsequently left the industry over the same period.

(41332)

275

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the public sector agencies and organisations that receive funding from his Department.

(41740)

276

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if a steering group has been established for the National Rail Academy.

(41733)

277

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what independent assessment he has carried out into the assumptions made by London Underground for the PPP business case.

(41684)

278

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if the £8.1bn of uncommitted public investment in rail in the 10 year plan is intended to meet repayment and interest due as a result of private sector investment in the plan.

(41762)

279

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the responsibilities held by his Department which will be transferred to the European Railways Agency.

(41757)

280

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how much his Department spent on international travel in 2000-01.

(41681)

281

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, for what reason the road link to North Wales envisaged in the Essen agreement did not follow existing routes via the M6 and the dual carriageway along the North Wales Coast.

(41736)

282

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, for what reason the Great Western Mainline was excluded from the SRA Strategic Plan.

(41758)

283

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the ability of main line trains to operate on the sub-surface lines in London.

(41746)

284

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if final agreement has been reached with tube lines and Metronet over risk transfer under PPP.

(41580)

285

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what work his Department has done to assess the impact on the targets in the 10 year plan if local authorities fail to implement congestion charging schemes as outlined in the plan.

(41657)

286

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the sections of the London Underground which are forecast to see significant reductions in crowding levels as a result of the PPP.

(41650)

287

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, whether the Department's modelling of rail demand for the 10 year plan period took into account differing levels of service reliability and overcrowding.

(41655)

288

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what proportion of the total 10 year plan spending targets will be taken up by revenue support for private investment.

(41664)

289

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what studies he has commissioned into reopening sections of the Great Central Railway line.

(41737)

290

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has for new East Thames river crossings; and on what time scale.

(41649)

291

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what proportion of the total public sector budget for regeneration is allocated via the regional development agencies in the current financial year.

(41679)

292

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what recent research he has commissioned on the linkage between rail fares and demand.

(41647)

293

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many miles of railway have been electrified in each of the past 15 years.

(41764)

294

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what recent estimate he has made of the cost difference between low and high noise road surfaces.

(41653)

295

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, whether it is his policy to charge for inter-urban road travel.

(41662)

296

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if the working groups for the TSIs on European rail interoperability have met; and if he will make a statement.

(41734)

297

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the sites under consideration for a new airport in south east England.

(41744)

298

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what proportion of planning applications for green belt development considered in each Government Office in each of the past three years was referred to an inspector.

(41739)

299

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many trains will be refurbished or replaced in the first seven and a half years of the London Underground PPP.

(41742)

300

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the sustainable distribution strategy set out in section 12 on page 45 on the Ten Year Plan Background Analysis.

(41660)

301

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what budgetary provision has been made for the introduction of low noise road surfaces during the period of the 10 year plan.

(41654)

302

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many planning applications for green belt development have been considered in each Government Office in each of the past three years.

(41738)

303

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, why the upgrade in Greater Manchester has been excluded from the SRA Strategic Plan.

(41760)

304

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the policy changes that will be required to deliver land use planning directed at increasing the attractiveness of public transport, walking and cycling as described in section 12 on page 44 of the Ten Year Plan Background Analysis.

(41659)

305

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the number of road journeys that will be saved as a result of the rail measures in the 10 year plan.

(41652)

306

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how the Government's target for reducing overcrowding on the railways has changed since the publication of the 10 year plan.

(41661)

307

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he has assessed (a) future capacity levels in the Channel Tunnel and (b) the need for a new tunnel in the future.

(41745)

308

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the cost has been to the Government of meeting Railtrack plc's operational bills.

(41581)

309

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, for what reason the Spring Supplementary Estimates were revised; and if he will list the differences between the original and revised Spring Supplementary Estimates.

(41609)

310

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the changes to the level of the private sector in urban regeneration following the withdrawal of gap funding.

(41763)

311

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when (a) he and (b) his ministerial colleagues last travelled by bus on departmental business.

(41680)

312

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, whether the amount transferred from the unallocated budget in the 10 year plan to the rail budget has been moved from the years in which it was originally allocated.

(41666)

313

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the total value is of PPP schemes launched by local authorities since 1997.

(41678)

314

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what his policy is on the Single European Sky.

(41756)

315

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the cost has been to the Government of advisers involved in Railtrack administration.

(41582)

316

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will provide a schedule of budget allocations to the 10 year plan at constant 2001 prices.

(41665)

317

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what instructions London Underground has received about the phasing of spending plans under the PPP; and what spending projects London Underground must include in the second 15 year period.

(41743)

318

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what work the Department carries out to monitor rail and bus passenger satisfaction.

(41663)

319

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, who will be representing the UK on the working groups on the TSIs on European rail interoperability.

(41735)

320

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what proportion of local authorities received grant increases of retail price index for 2002-03.

(41676)

321

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what recent estimates his Department has made on the impact of school bus schemes on road congestion.

(41658)

322

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, whether his estimate of the impact of the delay in the construction of Crossrail on crowding levels on the London Underground takes into account forecast growth in underground usage during the period of the 10 year plan.

(41651)

323

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, for what reason Crossrail was (a) included in the 10 year plan and (b) excluded from the SRA Strategic Plan.

(41761)

324

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what estimate the 10 year plan model made of the impact of changes in average non-regulated rail fares on demand for (a) rail and (b) road traffic.

(41656)

325

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the improvements to the rail network in the West Midlands outlined in the 10 year plan document.

(41759)

326

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, in how many PPP agreements an accounting allowance for social cost benefit similar to that used by London Underground has been made.

(41683)

327

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, which companies tendered for the public relations work on Railtrack administration.

(41765)

328

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, whom he has recruited to replace Jo Moore.

(41677)

329

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, from which organisation he has obtained legal advice about a possible challenge from Railtrack shareholders.

(41583)

330

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what impact the delay in Crossrail, as envisaged in the SRA Strategic Plan, has on the modelling described in the Background Analysis of the 10 year plan.

(41648)

331

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, whether final contracts have been agreed with tube lines and Metronet.

(41682)

332

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the local authorities which lodged complaints with his Department about SSA allocations for 2002-03.

(41675)

333 N

Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to amend departmental guidance in relation to the recruitment and retention of people with diabetes as firefighters to take account of EU Council Directive 2000/78/EC.

(40641)

334

Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what information he has collated on the average (a) market value based on right to buy sales, (b) adjusted vacant possession values and (c) value for stock transfer purposes of council houses in Walsall (i) under direct council management and (ii) managed by a tenant management organisation.

(41750)

335

Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to vary the numbers of members at present sitting in the Shadow South West Regional Assembly; and how many members will be elected to the proposed South West Regional Assembly.

(41393)

336

Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what (a) salaries and (b) expenses are available to members of the Shadow South West Regional Assembly; and if he will make a statement on the remuneration of members of the proposed Assembly.

(41394)

337

Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will introduce a gap-funding scheme for housing following the ban on the Partnership Investment Programme; and if he will make a statement.

(41384)

338

Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the potential for private finance initiatives within urban regeneration.

(41387)

339

Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, which organisations have been invited to participate in the conference organised by his Department on state aids on 21st March.

(41483)

340

Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what role RDAs will play in shaping a new EU regeneration framework.

(41482)

341

Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if SRB Round 6 funds can be used to gap-fund projects.

(41386)

342

Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the impact of EU state aid rules on the use of private sector partnerships to deliver urban regeneration in the UK.

(41385)

343

Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to change the system of financial credit-rating of local authorities.

(41729)

344

Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what additional funding he plans to make available to the county councils as highway authorities to accommodate those additional responsibilites under the detrunking programme.

(41674)

345

Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list those local authorities which have refuges which are (a) 100 per cent. funded and (b) part-funded by his Department; and if he will list other sources of funding and limits which apply.

(41671)

346

Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list those local authorities which (a) have refuge provision at the rate of one place per 10,000 of population and (b) do not meet this target.

(41667)

347

Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list per (a) constituency, (b) local authority area and (c) region those areas which have refuge provision which does not meet the target of one place per 10,000 population as recommended in the Crime and Disorder Act.

(41672)

348

Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what recent discussions he has had with the British Federation of Landords and Private Tenants groups on bringing small landlords within the same tax regime as other small businesses.

(41670)

349

Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he will announce a decision on the Central Railway project; and if the proposal will use the Hybrid Bill route.

(41399)

350

Mr George Osborne (Tatton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when construction of the A34 Alderley Edge bypass will begin.

(41392)

351

Mr George Osborne (Tatton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the Government will respond to the South East Manchester Multi-Modal Transport Study.

(41391)

352

Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the estimated level of capital investment by NATS is for (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03; and what the figures were in (i) 1996-97 and (ii) 1999-2000.

(41296)

353

Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he plans to sign documents for the Public Private Partnership with London Underground.

(41292)

354

Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many rail investment projects of over £5m have been started by Railtrack in administration since the appointment of the administrator.

(41301)

355

Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many new train sets have been ordered by train operating companies in England and Wales in (a) the last year and (b) the last three months.

(41299)

356

Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what proportion of the anticipated investment by NATS over the next 10 years will come from the public sector.

(41294)

357

Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many train operating companies have less than two years of their franchise left.

(41303)

358

Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what his estimate is of the cost of installing a new train control and safety system throughout the UK railway industry.

(41298)

359

Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the expected annual investment spending this year is by London Underground; and what the figure was in 1996-97.

(41293)

360

Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the starting date was for the 10 years of the Transport Plan.

(41302)

361

Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how often he receives reports on (a) punctuality, (b) cancellations, (c) investments made and (d) the safety record of the railways.

(41291)

362

Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how much money has been (a) granted and (b) lent to Railtrack in administration.

(41300)

363

Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how much public money has been paid to NATS since it became a PPP.

(41295)

364

Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what his estimate is of the required investment in the railway network for (a) safety and (b) repairs over the life of the Government's 10 Year Plan.

(41304)

365

Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to the Answer of 4th March, ref. 38443, what criteria are used to determine (a) unacceptable numbers of applicants accepted as homeless and (b) numbers accommodated under the legislative provisions by a local authority.

(41430)

366

Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to the Answer of 4th March, ref. 38444, if he will publish the guidance used to determine the trigger point at which he should intervene to secure an authority's compliance with its statutory duty to house the homeless.

(41431)

367

Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will meet representatives from interested organisations to discuss the Government's proposed best practice guidance on accessible play areas for children with disabilities; and if she will make a statement.

(41297)

368 N

Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, by how much his Department underspent its expenditure limits in the financial year 2000-01.

(40830)

369

Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 4th March, ref. 37622, on reputational externalities, what is the size of the adjustment made for reputational externalities in the calculations underlying the final assessment report; and if he will make a statement.

(41396)

370 N

Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if it is the policy of his Department for him to be consulted about (a) the discussions on the resignation of a senior official, (b) a decision to secure the resignation of a senior official and (c) a decision to suspend a senior official.

(41282)

371 N

Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, whether he consulted the Prime Minister on the future of Jo Moore after 11th September.

(41283)

372

Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to increase the gauge of railways to take the larger piggyback containers.

(41342)

373

Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he intends to publish draft regulations in connection with taxi regulation for all vehicles.

(41335)

374

Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when he intends to answer the question of 13th February from the honourable Member for Buckingham regarding staff involvement in union duties.

(41574)

375

Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the companies accompanied by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in his Department on the visit to the Czech Republic in the week commencing 11th March.

(41433)

376

Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the Welsh companies with fewer than 0.1 per cent. of their global workforce employed in companies in Wales which will be accompanying the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales on his forthcoming visit to the Czech Republic.

(41432)

377 N

Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the outcome of Government consultation on extending the scope of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 to cover the police service, with specific reference to the recruitment and retention to the police of people with diabetes.

(40642)

378

Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners are claiming the minimum income guarantee in the Clwyd South constituency.

(41388)

379

Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will consult on the introduction of compulsory pensions.

(41730)

380

Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh & Berwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what research he has commissioned to evaluate the easing of single room rent restrictions; and how he is monitoring its impact.

(41490)

381

Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh & Berwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the budget was for the exceptional hardship payment scheme in (a) cash and (b) real terms since 1997, broken down by local authority.

(41488)

382

Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh & Berwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the reasons were for changing from the exceptional hardship payment scheme to the discretionary housing payment scheme; and how the change was announced.

(41489)

383

Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh & Berwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many localities there have been since 1997 in local reference rent terms, broken down by (a) region, (b) district and (c) constituency.

(41486)

384

Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh & Berwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the budget for the discretionary housing payment scheme is broken down by local authority.

(41487)

385

Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh & Berwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, to what extent rent officers have increased the level of the single room rent by district since July 2001.

(41484)

386

Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh & Berwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information he collates on shortfalls for claimants whose rent is higher than local reference rent or single room rent.

(41485)

387

Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Open to Change advertisements have cost to run in national and local media; and if he will make a statement.

(41340)

388

Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, at what level the personal allowance for mental health patients requiring in-patient care is set; and if he plans to review it.

(41469)

389 N

Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when a draft Bill will be produced on reforming minimum funding requirement arrangements for occupational pension schemes.

(38463)

390

David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in Telford are in receipt of the winter fuel allowance.

(41426)

391

David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in Telford are in receipt of the minimum income guarantee.

(41427)

392

David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Telford are in receipt of income support payments.

(41424)

393 N

Mr Michael Connarty (Falkirk East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action her Department is taking to combat fuel poverty among people in rural areas.

[Question Unstarred](37992)

394 N

Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Prime Minister, when the PIU will issue its privacy and data sharing report.

[Transferred](40862)

395 N

Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to publicise open market annuity options to savers and financial advisers.

[Transferred](40890)

396

Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funds will be provided for the implementation of the Farming and Food Report.

[Transferred](41354)

397

Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy that The Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal should be awarded to serving members of the Prison Service.

[Transferred](41643)

398

Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the categories of people who will be entitled to be awarded The Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal.

[Transferred](41453)

399

Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to extend the categories of those who will be entitled to receive The Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal; and if she will make a statement.

[Transferred](41454)

400

Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if surplus funds have been returned by the New Millennium Experience Company to (a) English Partnerships and (b) other parts of government.

[Transferred](41741)

401

David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many pensioners in Telford are in receipt of free television licences.